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Burned down Turkish shop in Waldkraiburg (archive image)
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He set fire to a Turkish grocery store that was home to large numbers of people.
He also carried out an arson attack on the imam's apartment there: In the process of attacks on Turkish shops in Waldkraiburg, Upper Bavaria, the defendant was sentenced on Friday to nine and a half years in prison - among other things for attempted murder in 26 cases, serious arson and the preparation of a serious one State-endangering act of violence.
The Munich Higher Regional Court also imposed her placement in the closed psychiatry.
According to the court, the now 27-year-old put several people in mortal danger with his arson attack.
He is also said to have committed and planned other acts.
The motive: fanatical Salafism and hatred of Turkish citizens.
The accused is schizophrenic, according to the court.
"Without the schizophrenia, the attacks carried out by the defendant in Waldkraiburg are inconceivable," said the presiding judge.
But they are "just as inconceivable without the Islamist-jihadist ideology."
This is "the foundation on which schizophrenia has saddled up."
The federal prosecutor had demanded thirteen and a half years in prison, the defense a prison sentence of seven years.
The accused, who described himself as a supporter of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (IS), had previously largely admitted the acts, but denied the corresponding plans and spoke of spontaneity.
The Federal Prosecutor's Office called this argument a protective claim in its plea.
In court, the accused admitted to having planned further acts: attacks on several mosques of the Islamic Association Ditib, on the Turkish Consulate General in Munich and the Ditib Central Mosque in Cologne.
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